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Bari Weiss (Noam Galai/Getty Images for The Free Press)

Bari Weiss takes reins at CBS News

Angelina Mazza

The editor-in-chief outlined her editorial priorities in her first memo to staff

Former Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap fields a phone call at the Merrill Auditorium Rehearsal Hall voting location in Portland on Tuesday, November 8, 2016. (Carl D. Walsh/Portland Portland Press Herald via Getty Images)

Moderate Dem gets a serious challenger

Russell Payne

Maine Auditor Mathew Dunlap tells Salon that Rep. Jared Golden's vote for a GOP funding bill was the final straw

Tom Pelphrey as Robbie Prendergrast in "Task" (Peter Kramer/HBO)

"Task" dares to embrace forgiveness

Melanie McFarland

Tom Pelphrey and series creator Brad Ingelsby are giving us a thriller about compassion in this age of vengeance

Police are investigating a fire at South Carolina Judge Diane Goodstein's home on Oct. 3, 2025. (Heather Paul via Getty Images)

Fire engulfs South Carolina judge's home

Garrett Owen

Authorities are investigating an Oct. 3 blaze that destroyed the beach home of Circuit Court Judge Diane Goodstein

The Free Press' Bari Weiss hosts Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., for her "Honestly with Bari Weiss" podcast. (Leigh Vogel/Getty Images for Uber, X and The Free Press)

From Dan Rather to — Bari Weiss?

Sophia Tesfaye

The Tiffany Network has become a battlefield in the billionaires' war on journalism

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., leaves the Capitol Hill Club on Sept. 9, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

MTG will never take Trump’s throne

Amanda Marcotte

She's an outsider. But MTG is missing a key ingredient to win MAGA's votes

The goal of book bans (mediaphotos/getty images)

Book banners plot a dumber future

Andi Zeisler

A majority of Americans are against book bans. That won't stop a well funded, fear-fueled movement

Gun (Josiah S/Getty Images)

How gun access fuels domestic violence

Jasmine Mithani, The 19th - The 19th

States with strong gun control laws had three times fewer incidents of domestic violence homicide-suicide

Jane Fonda channels her famous father in reviving his free speech committee of people in the entertainment industry from the McCarthy era. (JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP / Getty Images)

Hollywood fights back — again

CK Smith

Jane Fonda revives her father’s McCarthy-era free speech coalition, warns of government efforts to silence dissent

Trump says he's sending troops to Portland and Chicago, but some federal courts and officials are questioning his motives and the execution of the plan. (Spencer Platt / Getty Images)

Trump’s National Guard court trouble

CK Smith

Residents and officials question whether federal troops are protecting communities or sending a political message

Trump's new rules could leave millions of Americans without coverage and no way to get it. (zimmytws / Getty Images)

Disability benefits may be harder to get

CK Smith

The administration argues it’s modernization, advocates say it could leave millions of older Americans struggling

(l-r) Musical guest Doja Cat, host Bad Bunny and Chloe Fineman on "Saturday Night Live" (Rosalind O’Connor/NBC)

Bad Bunny claps back on "SNL"

CK Smith

Fox News outrage, ICE threats and a monologue turned backlash into pride, Bad Bunny makes culture war look small

Dave Chappelle at the 56th NAACP Image Awards held at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium on February 22, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images)

Some comics love selling out free speech

Melanie McFarland

The comics in the Riyadh Comedy Festival are just the latest performers hired to shine up brutal regimes

One of the dishes served at Frame (Frame/Esmé)

The gallery you can taste

Ximena N. Beltran Quan Kiu

The Rajani family runs Chicago’s most delicious art gallery — and yes, you’ll want seconds

Venezuelan fishermen take precautions in response to U.S. military deployment in the Caribbean, Sept. 24, 2025. (Federico Parra/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump's war on reality gets weirder

Andrew O'Hehir

Why is Trump attacking Venezuela? All the usual reasons: Wounded pride, limitless greed and conspiracy theories

From left, American real estate developer Donald Trump and his girlfriend (and future wife), former model Melania Knauss, financier (and future convicted sex offender) Jeffrey Epstein, and British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell pose together at the Mar-a-Lago club, Palm Beach, Florida, February 12, 2000. (Davidoff Studios/Getty Images)

Commerce secretary makes an Epstein mess

Sophia Tesfaye

Howard Lutnick calls Epstein "the greatest blackmailer ever"

Donald Trump; James Comey (Getty/AP/Salon)

A new Red Scare? This could be worse

Chauncey DeVega

James Comey's indictment will surely be followed by others

U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kan., speaks to volunteers and supporters during a Meet Me in the Middle Tour rally at Tomahawk Hill Golf Course on November 6, 2022 in Shawnee, Kansas. (Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images)

How a red-state Dem beat gerrymandering

Garrett Owen

Rep. Sharice Davids tells Salon it's possible to overcome an unfair election map, but that could soon change

These drafts of the potential commemorative coin feature President Trump on the front and back. The US Treasury is proposing the coin to celebrate America's 250th anniversary and President Trump. (U.S. Treasury)

“It’s real”: Treasury reveals Trump coin

CK Smith

The design featuring Trump's profile and raised fist is already fueling legal questions, political fury and memes

After being removed (and damaged) due to improper permit filing, the bronze stature of Trump and Epstein portray them as "Best Freinds Forever". Is this covered in freedom of public expression? (Andrew Harnik / Getty Images)

Protest in bronze: "friendship" is back

CK Smith

Removed and damaged, controversial artwork is once again daring D.C. to determine the limits of free expression

Dwayne Johnson in "The Smashing Machine" (Eric Zachanowich/A24)

A “Smashing Machine” on the fritz

Coleman Spilde

In Benny Safdie's film, Dwayne Johnson fights against a script too narrow for his mighty talent

As Israel keeps up its attacks, Hamas is agreeing to the proposed plan from President Trump to bring a ceasefire to Gaza. (Majdi Fathi / NurPhoto / Getty Images)

Hamas agrees to Trump peace plan

CK Smith

Hamas says all hostages will be freed under Trump’s terms, even as Israeli airstrikes continue and doubts mount

Broken cake on white background. (Dzina Kryshtopchyk/Getty Images )

Why cakes collapse, on and off Bake Off

Joy Saha

From oven quirks to expired leaveners, here’s why cakes collapse — and how to get them to rise again

President Donald Trump arrives to speak to senior military leaders at Marine Corps Base Quantico on Sept. 30, 2025. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Trump believes he has a license to kill

Heather Digby Parton

After saying the U.S. is at war, POTUS takes out another Venezuelan boat

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